They were looking at still photos rather than video, but it was still a surprise to me that the 550D was so good that the lens differences were more important that the differences between the cameras.

A video test, would make the differences between the cameras even less noticeable as so much of the image is thrown away.

From personal experience, I really think that when you're starting out you should still buy the best lenses you can; the lenses you can then move on to the next camera. Buy a cheap lens, and when you replace that first camera with a better (or new) one, you'll find you'll be looking to replace the lenses too!

But until then, we have to make do with bits and pieces from trade shows. And here's a video from MacVideo.TV. The really interesting thing about this one for me is that I finally clearly saw the size of the thing relative to "people" and it's tiny! Well, relatively. I thought it would be HXR-NX5u sized, but the AG-AF100 is quite a bit smaller.

As the presenter says, it looks like Panasonic - before Canon or Nikon - has done "what we all wanted" and put a DSLR sensor in a video camera body.